Create your own compost and grow better plants.
With breathtaking clarity, Compost Science for Gardeners demystifies
composting practices and helps readers determine the best technique for
their unique situation. This comprehensive science-based book is your
key to building healthier soil and growing better plants.
Using plain language and easy-to-follow instructions, this essential
resource distills and blends the latest scientific research with the
author's many decades of knowledge and experience into manageable form,
debunking a host of common gardening myths along the way. Learn about:
- The role of composting in the ecological cycle
- Compostable materials to incorporate and those to avoid
- Browns and greens vs the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio
- The full range of composting methods, including cold and hot
composting; composting in piles, bins, and tumblers; and pit and
trench composting
- Keyhole gardening, food digesters, vermicomposting, bokashi,
eco-enzyme fermentation, and more
- The relative merits and impact on the environment of each composting
technique
- Using finished compost to improve soil health
Anyone can compost. Whether you are a balcony or backyard gardener,
market gardener, small-scale farmer, or homesteader, or even if you are
simply looking for a way to keep organic matter out of the landfill,
this book will show you how to do it simply, safely, and sensibly.
